AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Fresh Step AI shopping shelf share

🐾 Pet Supplies · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#79

Pet Supplies · US

#33 outside top 40

Shelf-share

0.1%

of US answers

0.2% 0.1%

Sentiment

100%

positive

No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.

Who's on the pet supplies shelf

1 Purina
18.4%
2 Hill's
7.5%
3 The Farmer's Dog
7.2%
4 Litter-Robot
5.3%
5 KONG
4.8%
6 Ollie
4.0%
⋯
79 Fresh Step
0.1%

The shoppers Fresh Step wins

The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Fresh Step ranks best.

Where Fresh Step wins the journey

Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.

Awareness

#20

0.7%

Research

—

not surfaced

Comparison

—

not surfaced

Validation

—

not surfaced

Purchase

#28

0.8%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.5%
Google AI Mode
0.1%

What AI says about Fresh Step

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

100% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed budget

100% budget

“_Fresh Step Multi-Cat Odor Shield:_ Uses activated charcoal and high-grade clay to trap ammonia instantly.”

Google AI Mode

“Fresh Step Simply Unscented $10.63 22.8 lb · Target sale A lower-cost option advertised with odor-control technology, without added fragrance.”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

The specific Fresh Step items the engines put in front of US shoppers.

  • Simply Unscented 0.1%
  • Multi-Cat Odor Shield 0.1%
  • Odor Shield / Extreme Clump 0.1%
  • Simply Unscented Multi-Cat 0.0%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Fresh Step.

Tuft and Paw

Sustainably Yours

How to read this

Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Fresh Step, relative to the rest.

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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Fresh Step.